We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve got spirit! How ‘bout you? by Bailey

Last week I participated in my first Spirit Week in middle school. Each day we was assigned a theme and the core class with participating students received “spirit points.” The core class with the most spirit points at the end of the year receive some sort of prize. I was sure there would be tons of students that would participate during Spirit week.

On the first day of Spirit week, we wore our pajamas to school. My mother hates pajama day, but I love it. This seems like an easy day for me. I get up and don’t really have to get ready. Everyone must have felt the same because there were a lot of students in pajamas on Monday. It was fun to see so many students participating in this. I think it helped to see others showing school spirit because it made it more fun to continue the week in spirit wear. On Tuesday, we had “sports day.” Most students wore their team jersey. It seems like the most participation came from kids who already play a sport. This was especially true to the kids that play soccer. There were lots of soccer and baseball uniforms. Although I play a sport, I didn’t not wear my sports outfit because I swim. This was the only day I choose not to participate. I guess it would have been easy to just wear one of my mom’s jerseys.

Wednesday had the largest group of participation because it was Halloween. Students came in costumes. Although there were not a lot of homemade costumes, I thought the ones that were not store bought were the most creative. I really liked Sam’s costume as a wind up doll. Her hair was up in two buns and rosy cheeks like a doll. Her parents made a turn key that attached to her back. I came as a “she wolf.” I’m not big on wearing dresses, but it was fun because my friends all dressed up for Halloween. It definitely made it easier for me too.

My personal favorite spirit day was “Twin/squad” day. My friends Mariah Brooks and Maya Goodwin wore the same shirts, jeans and converse. I thought there would be more people who would coordinate with their friends and dress up for this day, but I hardly saw anyone else participate. However, Mrs. Leporiere really stepped it up by dressing like Mr. Shane. It was clever and fun. I would have liked to see other student participate more, but it’s ok, it was still my favorite.

Finally Friday was “class color” day. Six graders were supposed to wear white, seventh grader wore red and eighth grader wore black. Our six grade class had pretty good participation. This was an interesting day because it was the first time, you could see immediately which grade people were in. You also saw where the different classes hung out during lunches and breaks.

I was a little scared to participate in spirit week, but I'm glad I did. I think most of the students felt the same. I know I will be better prepared next year.